by Chrysa SmithRemember I said that looks matter?Yes, they really do, and today, I'm recommending that you put on your sunglasses and think past the outer packaging. Because these two Bucks County BYOB's are outstanding on the food quality, despite their modest locations. BYOB makes them especially affordable.Augusto’s---I love the food and the chef. I interviewed him several years back for a magazine feature, so got a sneak peek behind the scenes in [...]
by Chrysa SmithThis right-brain woman has a left-brain husband.If that’s not enough of a challenge, he’s always trying to match me up with the wives of his business associates. Now they are a few steps removed from his oddball group of guys that I have little in common with, and maybe that improves the odds that something might click, right? Nope. But that doesn’t stop him from trying it all again.Look, I’m a [...]
A Middle-Aged Woman Laughs at a Fairy Tale (and at Real Life!)By: Mary Fran BontempoHe gallops in astride a snorting white steed, swooping down to scoop up his true love, whisking her off to a life of romance, her every need met, to live happily ever after.Ah, it’s the stuff of fairy tales. And despite the fact that more recent versions—Mulan, Enchanted, Shrek—have skewered the "woman as helpless" model, truth is, the fairy [...]
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Shakespeare said that summer hath too short a lease. We agree. So we decided to prolong the glorious days of summer with a favorite summer memory contest! Send us your favorite summer memory, in words or a favorite summer photo, via email. Forward to: info@notreadyforgrannypanties.com. If sending a photo, please include an identifying word or two.We’d like to send off summer with some fond memories. We'll select our favorite photo or story after Labor Day and the [...]
Lisbeth Salander is back in full form in the second installment of the Millennium trilogy by the late Stieg Larson.As the movie starts Lisbeth is in a Caribbean island enjoying the money she procured for herself in a not very orthodox way. But as soon as she comes to Sweden and, following a visit to his legal guardian (the 'sadistic pig' we met in The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo), she is framed [...]
by Chrysa SmithDavid Zinczenko has made a nice-paying career out of what we women do on a daily basis---figure out what to eat.While I haven't read the book, I do see the author on the TODAY show regularly telling us not to eat the 1800 calorie fast food cheese burger and opt for something else. And I've learned that in a pinch, Chick Fil A is the best fast-food choice at under 500 [...]
